Breakers top Eagles

The Laguna Beach High boys’ water polo team is streaking.

The Breakers made it win No. 5 in a row Tuesday by holding off

host Santa Margarita, 10-9, in a nonleague match at Saddleback

College.

Laguna led by as many as four goals in the match, but the Eagles

fought back late in the match to tie the score.

The teams were tied, 2-2, after one quarter, but Laguna took a 7-3

lead at the half.

Santa Margarita tied the score at 9-9 in the fourth quarter, but

sophomore Nathan McConnell scored the game-winning goal late in the

quarter.

Four days earlier, Laguna had defeated the Eagles, 11-8, at the

Villa Park Tournament.

“We’ve had some pretty good success against Santa Margarita, and

they came out fired up for us Tuesday,” Laguna coach Rick McKee said.

“They fought hard late in the game to tie it up, but Nathan came up

with a big shot to win it.”

Mike Dick led Laguna in scoring with six goals.

The Breakers opened play in the Villa Park Tournament on Sept. 29

and suffered a 12-5 loss to Saddleback in first-round action at Aliso

Niguel High.

Laguna, however, rallied to win its next four tournament games,

defeating Fountain Valley (10-8) and Santa Margarita (11-8) at Aliso

Niguel, and Capistrano Valley (13-5) and Edison (9-8) at El Dorado

High.

By posting a 4-1 record, Laguna captured 17th place in the 32-team

tournament.

The five-game streak improves Laguna’s overall record to 11-5.

Girls’ volleyball

Laguna took care of host Beckman Tuesday night, 25-18, 25-9,

25-14, in Pacific Coast League action.

Sophomore Dana Hutchinson had 10 kills to go along with 10 service

aces, senior Stephanie Darnall had eight kills and junior Mychaela

Miller had eight digs and 17 set assists as Laguna ran its league

mark to 2-1.

The win allowed the Breakers to bounce back from a 23-25, 25-17,

23-25, 15-25 loss to host Corona del Mar in an early battle for the

league lead.

Darnall led the Breakers with 17 kills, 16 digs and six aces.

Hutchinson finished with 16 kills and seven digs and Miller had 33

set assists.

Girls’ tennis

Laguna, playing without top singles player Claire Reitsch, dropped

an 11-7 match to host Corona del Mar.

Junior twins and doubles partners Hayley and Miranda Young won 18

of 19 games to help get the Sea Kings past the Breakers.

CdM won seven of nine doubles sets to top the Breakers.

Reitsch was on a recruiting visit to Southern Methodist

University.

The loss dropped Laguna to 2-1 in the league standings, one game

behind the Sea Kings.

It was Laguna’s first loss of the season.

Cross-country

Laguna’s Pacific Coast League meet against Corona del Mar and

Calvary Chapel on Sept. 29 was postponed and rescheduled for

Wednesday. The Breakers took on league rivals Northwood and

University Thursday, too late for the results to be included in this

edition.